preventive dentistry

Preferred Label : preventive dentistry;

MeSH definition : The branch of dentistry concerned with the prevention of disease and the maintenance and promotion of oral health.;

MeSH synonym : preventive dentistries; dentistries, preventive; dentistry, preventive;

MeSH annotation : SPEC only: SPEC qualif; spec concerned with prev of tooth & mouth dis: do not confuse with TOOTH DISEASES /prev or MOUTH DISEASES /prev; see note under DENTAL CARE; for see your dentist twice a year; do not confuse with DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS (see note there) or ORAL HYGIENE (see note there); SPEC only; spec concerned with prev of tooth & mouth dis: do not confuse with TOOTH DISEASES /prev or MOUTH DISEASES /prev; see note under DENTAL CARE; for see your dentist twice a year; do not confuse with DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS (see note there) or ORAL HYGIENE (see note there); specialty only; do not confuse with TOOTH DISEASES /prev or MOUTH DISEASES /prev; see note under DENTAL CARE; do not confuse with DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS or ORAL HYGIENE;

Details

Origin ID

D011313;

UMLS CUI

C0033108;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- education [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Public health dentist (occupation) [SNOMED CT concept]
Metaterm(s)
- preventive medicine [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- preventive dentistry [MeSH concept]
See also
- dental clinics [MeSH Descriptor]
- health education, dental [MeSH Descriptor]
- preventive health services [MeSH Descriptor]
- primary prevention [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- dental care [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Biomedical Occupation or Discipline [UMLS semantic type]

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